Mamai Theatre Company
Presents
the FINAL WEEKEND
& 3rd Thursday AEA Discount tickets to
THREE SISTERS
by Anton Chekhov
"Tickets will be fought over to see this classic work done as theater should be… there are not enough words of praise sufficient to convey the sense of awe one has when witnessing the performance. This may well be the best dramatic production of the season and must not be missed. It is classic theater done masterfully."
~Mark Horning, AXS
"Director Bernadette Clemens finds all the very intimate, inescapably dark and often very funny moments in this four-act...masterwork. And her remarkable ensemble of players puts them on display."
~Bob Abelman, the Cleveland Jewish News
"This female-run theater company, specializing in classic works, usually delivers quality goods and this production is no exception."
"...under the crisp and often inspired direction of Bernadette Clemens...[the] acting company lash[es] your attention to the small moments at hand."
~Christine Howey, Scene Magazine
THREE SISTERS follows Olga, Masha, and Irina as they struggle to let go of their past and to shape their future. A domineering sister-in-law, romance, soldiers, and money all challenge the Prozorov family’s happiness and unity. With artful depiction of three very different women, Chekhov fascinates audiences with his ability to articulate the chaos or peace of a single moment and the comedy of life’s struggles.
Director Bernadette Clemens notes: “THREE SISTERS is like a very fine still-life painting. The play has rich composition, intriguing contrast, and dark shadow highlighting the most delicate, ephemeral detail. It is everything we suspect a classic of a major playwright to be. Just when we enjoy the most infinitesimal, personal moment --a clock striking, a top spinning, finding a loose fork on the terrace-- Chekhov invites us to peek at the gaping, universal experience: love, war, time. Only Chekhov lets us laugh this way at the very things that are so frustrating, so mysterious about living. In THREE SISTERS, as in all of Chekhov’s plays, life is never about the future. It is inevitably, torturously, gloriously, and comically about the present moment.”
Three Sisters
by Anton Chekhov
Directed by Bernadette Clemens
Scenic Design by Don McBride
Costume Design by Debbie Marino
Sound Design by Bernadette Clemens
Lighting Design by Jeff Lockshine
Live Music by Joseph Milan, Accordion
& Joshua Smalley, Violin
Properties Design by Monica Plunkett
JUNE 4 - 21, 2015
Cleveland Masonic Performing Arts Center
DeMolay Room
3615 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Thursdays - Saturdays at 7:30 pm
Sundays at 2:30 pm
See publicity photo of Natalie Green, Anjanette Hall, and Meghan Grover as Chekhov's THREE SISTERS here!
With, as the Three Sisters:
Natalie Green+ as Olga
Anjanette Hall* as Masha
Meghan Grover as Irina
And:
Tom Woodward* as Vershinin
Robert Hawkes as Chebutykin
Nate Miller as Tuzenbach
Curt Arnold as Kulygin
Shawn Mann as Andrei
Hillary Wheelock as Natasha
Tony Zanoni+ as Solyony
Ryan Stafford as Fedotik
Patrick D. Mooney as Rohde
Bernice Bolek as Anfisa
Stephen Vasse-Hansell as Ferapont
Joseph Milan as Accordion/Ensemble
Joshua Smalley as Violin/Ensemble
Kayla McDonald as Maid/Ensemble
*Actor appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association
+Equity Membership Candidate
TICKETS: www.mamaitheatreco.org or 216.382.5146
Adults: $22
Seniors (65 & older): $20
Students (25 & under): $15
3rd Thursdays: AEA Discount ($10 admission for all Actors' Equity Association members at the door)
Air-Conditioned. Ample free parking in gated lot and on street. Open seating with the exception of press and sponsors. Please arrive early.
Mamai Theatre Company was co-founded in 2010 by Bernadette Clemens, Wendy Kriss, Christine McBurney, and Derdriu Ring. Mamai (pronounced Mah' may) is the Gaelic word for “mother.” Four working mothers, theatre artists, colleagues, and friends arrived at a place where it was time to create opportunities for themselves and their community. “Don’t wait to create” became the inspiration for Mamai Theatre Company.
Our mission is to create intelligent, relevant classical theatre that offers an artistic home for Cleveland's theatre artists, and equal opportunity for women in the professional theatre community.
In 2013 The Plain Dealer announced, “Mamai Theatre Company...has made a howling entrance onto the city’s artistic scene” and named their inaugural production, Medea, a top-10 theatre event of the year. In 2014 LandofCleve.net added, “In only a few short years, Mamai Theatre Company has established themselves as a major player in the Cleveland theatre community. We are a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.
mamaitheatrecocleveland@gmail.com